Tennessee Titans see results from revamped run game

8:21 PM,
Sep. 8, 2013

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John Glennon
| The Tennessean

On the stat sheet, it didn't look like much: a 1-yard run up the middle late in the second quarter.

But look a little closer and it's easy to see how Jackie Battle's leg-churning, shoulder-driving carry - which allowed the Titans to convert a fourth-and-1 at the Pittsburgh 26 - stood out as a prime example of what this team wants to do on offense.

A year ago, the Titans ranked 21st in the running game, and it's easy to imagine them getting stuffed by a defense like Pittsburgh's on such a play. But the revamping of the interior offensive line, along with the addition of a couple of bruising backs, has ...